Chapter II: Part 2

At the appointed hour in the evening the assembly room was filled to overflowing with the eager happy children and their friends. After prayer by Rev. O. D. Crawford the exercises given by the pupils were called in, according to the programme. Mr. Crawford and General Slaughter, Post-Master of the city, made brief remarks. Where each one endeavored to do his best, it is difficult to mention those who excelled. “Mother Goose and her Friends” chiefly served the spice for the entertainment. One of our white friends found it difficult to believe that this ancient singer of nursery rhymes was not a middle aged woman instead of the young girl she really is. The “Friends” were received with enthusiasm also, even down to the “brave boy” Johnnie Horner, the baby of our school. The tableau of “Hiawatha” was thoroughly enjoyed. In “Songs of Seven,” the recitations “Seven Times One,” by little Odelia Chavanah and “Seven Times Seven” by Miss Sallie Washington, were received with gratifying applause. The valedictory by Miss Belle Daniels deserved and received high praise. To critical eyes, no doubt, many defects were evident; but our audience seemed well pleased and congratulations were freely given. I think most of those present would agree with old Aunt Gracie in her remark, summing it all up: “It was delightful to be looked at.”

LE MOYNE INSTITUTE, MEMPHIS.

[A large amount of space is given in the _Memphis Daily Appeal_, the _Daily Memphis Avalanche_ and the _Public Ledger_ to reports of the anniversary exercises of the Le Moyne Institute. These, with accompanying editorial paragraphs, indicate the high esteem in which Prof. Steele and his corps of workers are held and the appreciation of his school. The anniversary was attended by two thousand people. The enthusiasm is represented to have been continuous from the beginning to the end of the exercises, and the effort of Prof. Steele to raise money for the Institute from the citizens of Memphis was endorsed by many present. We give below an extract from the _Appeal_ which represents how our work is regarded by the better class of Southern people.—ED.]

The feeling in this city in favor of universal education was never stronger than it is now. This is plainly shown by the interest everywhere manifested in the Le Moyne Institute or school for negroes, which gave so enjoyable an entertainment at the Greenlaw Opera-house Monday night. A number of prominent citizens who were present expressed the greatest surprise and astonishment, and the opinion was general that the inculcation of ideas such as those of which the graduates seemed possessed was bound to do good to them, and by reflection upon the balance of the community.

“Was the entertainment at the Opera-house just as you reported it?” asked a gentleman of an _Appeal_ reporter yesterday.

“Justice was not fully done,” was the reply.

“And the Le Moyne is a colored institution?”

“Yes.”

“You surprise me,” the gentlemen replied. “I have heard the Le Moyne frequently spoken of, but had no idea it was accomplishing all it is said to have done. Why, the subjects chosen by the essayists could be handled only by those possessed of considerable knowledge.”

“Yes, it is a new idea in the South,” remarked a listener, who had been present at the entertainment, “and I find it difficult to say whether I was most surprised or delighted. I heard every essay and recitation from beginning to end, and there was not a break or stumble, no stopping to recover breath, no tedious repetitions. The absence of the parrot was noticeable. The novelty of the affair held my attention at first, but I soon forgot this, and found myself drifting along with the essayists as they waded into their subjects. Another thing that struck me forcibly was the absence of rant in the young men and the failure to giggle on the part of the young women. They seemed to take it as a matter of course that they were there, and that their audience would be interested in what they might have to say. I, for one am heartily in favor of keeping up the good work. No man who thinks can say that every negro in the land would not be better off and better fitted to cope with the age in which lives, if he had enough education to enable him to throw off the dense cloud of superstition—a mixture of ignorance and faith—in which he is now enveloped. The country would be better, its tone purer and healthier, if every man in it were educated.”

“The music furnished by the graduates particularly attracted me,” said a lady teacher who heard it. “I have always contended that the negro had a passion for music of a certain rich and melodious kind, but could not appreciate its delicate shading, and could have no conception of it as a science. I am ready now to say I was mistaken. Though the music the other night was nothing extraordinary, I heard enough to convince me that its interpreters had a good idea of symphony, and could with proper training, rise to a high degree of excellence. The solo ‘I’ll Follow Thee’, was one of the sweetest things I ever heard in public or private. The voice of the young woman who sang it was pure and clear, every cadence soft and melodious, every note in perfect tune. It was a genuine revelation.”

“The whole entertainment was a revelation to me,” remarked an old planter. “I attended the exhibition out of pure curiosity, never dreaming that it would impress me as it has done. I have always scouted the idea of negro education, and I may say I have been its enemy. I am perfectly willing to give way now, however. But I have one lingering fear—that it will take a wrong direction and have a tendency to create an idle class and deplete the ranks of labor, farm labor especially. If those who have the training of the negro will keep this danger before them and guard against it, then the result of their labor will be good; but if they fail and allow their pupils to think labor is degrading; to think that man’s only province is to cultivate his mind, then the result will be deplorable. This I notice, however, has already been seen, and I cannot say I have any fears on that score from the Le Moyne Institute.”

Perhaps no subject has been more discussed than this since the exhibition last Monday night.

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THE INDIANS.

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CATHOLIC MISSIONS.—RECENT CHANGES.

REV. MYRON EELLS, S’KOKOMISH, W.T.

About 30 years ago a Catholic priest came here, taught the people, baptized some of them, made a few Indian priests, and left, so that for many years previous to the assignment of the Agency to the American Missionary Association they had received little religious instruction. Intermarriage with some of the tribes where the Catholics have had teachers has kept up remembrance of those early times. One Indian especially, who has been among the very worst, belongs to this class. Having failed to conquer the agent, he gave up, but when he returned seemed determined if he failed in one way to try another, and so began to revive the old Catholic religion, and he has held such services frequently for a number of years.

About two years ago an Indian before his death saw several strange visions, which combined some truth with much of the old Indian superstition. This man leaned toward the Catholics, partly because I did not believe these revelations to be of as much value as the Bible, and partly because his relations favored the Catholic religion. A few of them set up regular services, partly Catholic and partly after their own revelations. At funerals they sometimes wished me to officiate in company with them, but in most cases they have given up and let me have the whole service.

Last fall another Indian who had moved away and taken a homestead about 20 miles from here apparently died, but after six and a half hours revived and told of wonderful things which he had seen. He has since been baptized by the Catholics, built a church and become a priest.

Last summer I spoke of two promising young men whom I hoped would be of great Christian service here. The most promising after doing very well for a time, brought great disgrace upon himself and was suspended from the church. I have tried to show him his error, but thus far it has not produced the result desired.

These Indians have almost entirely lost faith in their old religion as such, but naturally want one of some kind. They are, however, unwilling to give up their horse-racing and some of them their gambling. I have been asked by several to baptize them, but refused because of these things. The Catholic religion allows all this, and so they have turned to it. The consolidation of the three Puget Sound agencies into one last fall has given us thus far less moral force here.

There have been occasional light spots. A letter came from Pearl Street Church, in Hartford, where I taught a Sabbath-school class fourteen years ago, offering us a barrel. It seemed very providential, as if God were saying: “You work on, and I will take care of the support.” The barrel came and everything appeared to be so good that the children squealed, as they do not often, while each article was taken out, and their mother often said: “How very thoughtful the people were,” and we all had to thank God for it.

I have just returned from a visit to the Clallam Indians. I found some of them doing well and some very badly, the agent having during the past seven months had six times as many Indians to look after as formerly, and the best subordinates which he has been able to obtain have disappointed him. On the other hand, some have done quite well, especially those who have procured land for homes. The Christian Indians thus far stand well. They are not perfect, but progressing. Two were received into the church during my visit, and three others joined last November. The school-teacher, who had resigned, left while I was there, and it is thought best to give them a long vacation before sending them another. He had charge of the Sabbath-school. The church expects to keep up its regular services, including that of the Sabbath-school and a weekly prayer-meeting. I have been fortunate in procuring some large, cheap Bible pictures, which have taken the fancy of the Indians very much. They have been in demand by all classes. I have already obtained or ordered about 185 of them. I can impart religious truth by them better than in any other way.

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THE CHINESE.

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ANNIVERSARIES—THE WORK DURING APRIL AND MAY.

REV. W. C. POND.

My report of progress in our Mission covers two months and even more. It will be difficult to compress within my space all that I would like to say.

Our mission at Santa Cruz celebrated its second anniversary on Sunday evening, April 8. It was an occasion of great and encouraging interest. Instead of the fifteen or twenty Chinese present at the previous anniversary, we had at least fifty with us. Instead of an assembly of Americans occupying in respectable numbers the pews of the church, we had every inch of available standing-room occupied, and I am told, at least two hundred went away from the church door, unable to enter.

The fact that Chinese once settled in Santa Cruz, seem inclined to stay there, and that consequently the membership of the school has been less changeable than in some other places, gave us a better opportunity than is sometimes afforded to measure the progress during a year. The showing gave me great encouragement. There had been marked progress in the use of the English language and in the knowledge of the truth. Best of all, several who a year ago were heathen, now seem to be true followers of our Lord Jesus Christ. The contribution was the largest I ever received on any such occasion, except in our own Bethany Church. It amounted in cash and in pledges to over $100.

Our schools in San Francisco celebrated their eighth public anniversary on April 29. This, too, was an exceedingly interesting service, and our Bethany Church was filled. The point of special interest and encouragement about it was this: That while the exercises were in all respects equal to those of any previous year, we were not obliged to call in the aid of any of our helpers, except as they assisted in the service of song. The original address in English by Lung Chung was a frank, manly and effective statement of his own Christian life, with its faults and shortcomings, as well as its new, strange light and peace.

I lay before the readers of the MISSIONARY the following paragraph, which I placed in the _Pacific_ of May 9. I trust they will be interested in the statement of facts, and am not without hope that they will listen kindly to the appeal:

“The monthly reports for April show seventeen schools in active operation and thirty-nine teachers and helpers employed. The total number of pupils enrolled was 991; the average attendance, 415. The attendance in this city is temporarily diminished on account of the darkness of the streets; otherwise the enrollment would have exceeded 1,000, and the average attendance would have approached 500. Of those now in attendance on the schools 172 profess to have ceased from idolatry, and 116 are believed to be true Christians. Two hundred and thirty-one new names were enrolled, and the total number who have been connected with our schools during the last eight months is no less than 2,356. With the beginning of this month of May, another school is added to our list—the one in Alameda. It has been sustained for several years with a most Christ-like devotion by Mrs. E. L. Wilson. Unable to carry it on any longer alone, she appeals to our mission for aid, and though the operations already in hand task our resources to their utmost, we could not let so good a work as Mrs. Wilson had been doing die for the lack of a helping hand. It will be necessary to raise in addition to the appropriation made by the American Missionary Association, $5,500 to carry this work through to August 31, the close of the present fiscal year. The utmost care is taken to make each dollar do its best, but it is impossible to sustain so large a work on less than $1,000 per month. A careful review of the statistics given above will lead, I am sure, not to criticism of the amount, but rather to surprise that at so little cost so much has been accomplished. Of the $5,500 needed, I have on hand, or in sight, $3,000, and for the balance I make an earnest appeal to our churches, and to all friends of Christ and of humanity.”

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BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK.

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TO THE LADIES OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES.

DEAR FRIENDS: Permit me to call your attention to the urgent needs of the American Missionary Association in its department of Woman’s Work.

Many earnest Christian women are personally engaged as missionaries at the South, and among the Chinese and the Indians. They give instruction in home duties, improved housekeeping, family government, the best use of money; they gather children into Sunday-schools, teach in day and boarding-schools—bearing with them always the blessed Gospel truth, the foundation on which we build.

We need your aid in the support of these missionaries and missionary teachers, who will thus become your representatives in the field. Laboring with a lowly and despised people, they are cut off in many instances from social privileges, and your Christian love and remembrance will give strength and good cheer.

We need scholarships to aid worthy and needy students. Our boarding-schools are doing a great work for _girls_, and often a young girl is saved to a useful life by supplementing her meagre funds and retaining her in school. We need supplies of clothing for distribution by missionaries in getting the young into school and Sabbath-school; also furnishing of bed and table linen for mission homes and boarding halls. Already our matrons are asking supplies of this kind.

We are indebted to the ladies of many of the Congregational churches for valuable aid rendered, and now that the way is opened for more direct communication with you, may we not hope that all will become co-workers with our noble band of missionaries in seeking to instruct and benefit the women of races so ignorant and degraded as those with whom we labor?

We invite special correspondence in regard to the various fields and the aid that can be given. Surely so important a work, not limited to schools, but extending to the family and the church relations, cannot be accomplished until _woman_ reaches forth her hand to sister woman in uplifting helpfulness.

Yours truly,
D. E. EMERSON, Secretary.

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MISSION HOMES.

MISS D. E. EMERSON.

“What is the Mission Home?” The question has often been asked by friends contributing to our work, as well as by those about to engage in it, and from the latter we have had some rather striking descriptions of what they supposed the home to be, and of their pleasant surprise upon reaching it. It is not a boarding hall for students, as many have thought. Such halls are in connection with boarding schools and accommodate both teachers and students.

The Mission Home, of which we give a specimen in the accompanying cut, is at stations where we have churches and day schools, and is the home of the pastor and teachers. In some of the larger cities, as Wilmington, N.C., Savannah, Ga., Mobile, Ala., we have graded schools requiring a teaching force of from six to ten persons. Then there are the pastor and family and the lady missionary, and the home accommodates all. As each has a special line of duty occupying the full time, a matron is appointed to take charge of household affairs and secure by her good management a pleasant and happy home for the family. Sometimes the wife of the pastor or principal acts as matron, sometimes the duties of matron and missionary are combined. It is no insignificant position to have charge of such a home, and our matrons are as truly missionaries as any in our field; besides the direct opportunities of usefulness among the people, they may add to the efficiency of every member of the family by the cheerful, genial, restful spirit of the home, which it is largely in their power to maintain.

This plan of Mission Homes has its advantages to the work. It gives opportunity to teach by example varied lessons in home life, of neatness, economy and thrift. The family altar is set up, and often some members of school or church join in the morning or evening song of praise. Social parlor-gatherings are had, when the people are cordially invited and are engaged in pleasant conversation and games, which, while interesting them, tend to their improvement. Here are often held the mothers meetings and the sewing class, and daily the people come singly or by twos or threes for special help and advice, knowing that they are welcome, and that they will find in some members of the family the wise counsellor and friend.

We can scarcely overestimate the educative influence of these Mission Homes upon the people. Even where there are but few workers employed, we cannot wisely dispense with them. Within a year we have built a small house in a country district where two ladies are employed as missionary teachers. It is plain, two stories, contains five rooms, is simply furnished, and cost about $900. There the ladies keep house, and they testify, as also do other missionaries from the city station near, that this little “Home” has already done more for the people as an “object lesson” in home life than all previous effort in that direction.

In other articles in this department, our friends will learn how they may share with us in this method of usefulness.

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LETTER FROM MRS. CHASE, ATLANTA.

Mrs. Nelson has just called with her friend from the North, Mrs. Barker, who looked over school and domestic work very carefully, and then began plying me with questions, when Miss Stevenson, our missionary, dropped in. Mrs. Barker’s face lighted up as she exclaimed, “Now I have you both together, the teacher and the missionary, I want to know where you think a little money will do the most good?” Mrs. Nelson said: “Each one loves her own work too well to be a competent judge.” Miss Stevenson, you know, is one of our veterans, been in the field ever since the war. For years her mind and body were tied in the class-room six hours in the day, but her heart was in the cabins all the while; and as soon as she got relief from double duty, how she has put her whole soul into missionary work! With her pleading eyes upon me, how could I magnify my work above her’s?

Since they left, I’ve been thinking that Mrs. Barker probably represents many women who wish their mites to go where they are most interested. Their hearts, like that of every true mother, yearn over these girls in their great peril, and these boys, driven from their wretched homes to the street for recreation. If missionary work, unlike the school, were without organization, systematic routine, or superintendence, it could not recommend itself to the cautious. But under the well-defined plan adopted of associating the missionary labor with the school and church, the best results are secured.

Much as I love the model school, I can but see that the model home is its only sure foundation. So the work is all one.

I only hope that the grandeur of “Work for Women in the Home” may be so felt that the noblest women will be drawn into the service, and develop such plans and mature such methods that the multitude of busy mothers and children, all over our land, can cast in their pennies and feel sure of a wise investment.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

H., N.Y.—What are the qualifications required of those who wish to become lady missionaries? Could one succeed with only a common-school education?

Sometimes a lady with only a common-school education does better than one more liberally educated. It depends upon the qualities of the woman, the executive ability, the tact, the practical good sense, and knowledge of human nature. Of course, all other things being equal, the more thorough the education the better the work.

B., N.Y.—What is the cost of supporting a lady missionary, and how many months during the year is it expedient for her to labor in the South?

It takes $450 to provide for a lady missionary for one year, including traveling expenses, board and a moderate salary. The time of service varies somewhat in different localities. At the extreme South she can wisely remain eight months of the year; further north, nine or ten. For other particulars we refer to the March number of the _Missionary_, which is devoted largely to woman’s work.

New York.—What assistance can sewing circles and ladies’ societies render during the summer months that would be most helpful and timely?

We shall need during the early autumn for replenishing our boarding departments and mission homes, quilts, sheets, pillow-cases, blankets, towels, table linen, table ware, and money for furnishing rooms in new buildings to be occupied by students. Help in either of these particulars will save so much for the support of the missionary work.

S., Ct.—What provision is made during vacation for young girls who have been taken from wretched homes into your institutions? Are they obliged to return to the temptations and want of their early associations? If not, what is the cost for their care during this time?

There is nothing more important for the well-being of many colored girls than suitable watch and care during their summer vacations. We have been unable to do much in this direction. A few have been kept in the different boarding institutions, where the buildings have been open. These have been given work whenever opportunity offered. Thirty or thirty-five dollars would provide for a girl in addition to what she could earn. We would be glad to correspond with any who are disposed to assist in this way.

R., Mass.—Our children have been accustomed to contribute to the Dakota schools through the Woman’s Board of Foreign Missions. Does the A. M. A. wish us to continue our interest in that particular work?

Certainly it does. We sincerely hope that all those who have been interested in the support of missions among the Indians will continue their efforts and forward their gifts to us. The April number of the AMERICAN MISSIONARY is devoted largely to the work the Association has accepted from the American Board, and is now carrying on. We shall need the cordial co-operation and support of all the friends of the Indians in order to conduct the enlarged work we have undertaken in their behalf.

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CHILDREN’S PAGE.

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FIVE KINDS OF PENNIES.

A boy who had a pocket full of coppers, dropped one into the Missionary-box, laughing as he did so. He had no thought in his heart about Jesus or the heathen. Was his penny not as light as _tin_?

Another boy put in a penny and looked around to see if anybody was praising him. His was the _brass_ penny; not the gift of a lowly heart, but of a proud spirit.

A third boy gave a penny, saying to himself, “I suppose I must, because all others do.”

That was an _iron_ penny. It was the gift of a cold, selfish heart.

As a fourth boy dropped his penny into the box he shed a tear, and his heart said, “Poor heathens! I’m sorry they are so poor, so ignorant and so miserable.”

That was a _silver_ penny, the gift of a heart full of pity.

But there was one scholar who gave his, saying, “For Thy sake, Lord Jesus! Oh, that the heathen may hear of Thee, the Saviour of mankind!”

That was a _golden_ penny, because it was the gift of faith and love.

THE PENNY BOX.

They were giving away Missionary boxes at a Juvenile Missionary meeting to the boys and girls who thought they could collect a little money for sending the Gospel to the heathen. Among those who asked for a box was a poor child, so poor that the chairman hesitated at first to give her a box; on consideration, however, he let her have one.

About a fortnight afterward, this little girl called upon him in great trouble. He said to her, “Why, Sarah, what are you crying for? Cannot you get any money to put into your box?”

“No, sir, it is not that,” sobbed Sarah, “it is so full I don’t know how I shall get any more in, the last penny was so hard to get in I had to take a hammer to hammer it!”

The gentleman said, “Well, Sarah, I think we can easily get over that difficulty—here is another box for you.”

But this was not all; when Sarah first applied for a box, she did so just because her feelings of compassion had been awakened for the poor heathen children; but while she was busily engaged in collecting, the thought came into her mind, “What am I collecting this money for? That the poor _heathen_ children may be taught about Jesus, but what do _I know about Him myself_?”

Sarah then began to pray, and begged God the Holy Spirit to teach her about Jesus, and that was the commencement of a new life to the dear child.

WHAT A PENNY CAN DO.

Willie’s penny made heaven rejoice. It would not have bought more than a stick or two of candy or given much help to a starving family. What did he do with it? His sister was a missionary’s wife in Africa, and the family were filling a box to send her. As one after another brought their gifts Willie said, “I want to give my penny.”

“What shall be bought with it?” was the next question. It was decided to buy a tract and write its history on the margin, and with a prayer for its success send it on its distant errand.

The box arrived on the mission ground, and among its valuable contents Willie’s gift was laid away unnoticed and for a while forgotten. But God’s watchful, all-seeing eye had not forgotten it. One day a native teacher was starting from the mission station to go to a school over the mountain. He knew the language well and was a great help to the missionaries, but he was not a Christian. He had resisted everything the missionaries had done to make him one.

In looking over some papers, Willie’s tract was discovered, with writing on the margin, which said that prayer was offered in America that it might do good. It was handed to the native teacher. He read it on his journey, and what years of labor by the missionaries had not done was now brought about by the penny tract. The man became a sincere Christian. Those who put the tract in his hand were overcome with joy, and there is joy in heaven over one sinner that repents.

So you see how Willie’s penny made heaven rejoice.

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RECEIPTS FOR MAY, 1883.

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MAINE, $141.46.

Alfred. Mrs. Edith Davis, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ $ 0.35
Augusta. Joel Spalding 10.00
Bangor. Hammond St. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Bangor. Ladies of Third Cong. Ch. ½ Bbl. of
C., _for Wilmington, N.C._
Calais. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Dover. W. F. Sampson 5.00
Lebanon. Miss R. H. Weld, _for New Orleans,
La._ 30.00
Lebanon Center. “J. M.” 5.00
Limerick. S. F. Hayes, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 1.00
Limington. Miss Arzilla Boothby 1.59
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Waterford. Centre. Ch. Sab. Sch. 9.00
Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.61

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $341.93.

Acworth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.53
Alstead. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Canterbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.15
Dover. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 73.63
East Alstead. Rev. G. A. Beckwith, _for
Freight_ 1.10
Hancock. Mrs. A. W. Hills 3.00
Hopkinton. “Friend,” _for Student Aid, Atlanta
U._ 3.50
Langdon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Mason. Hon. Dana D. Goodwin, _for Lewis Pub.
Library, Macon, Ga._ 2.00
Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns 30.00
Monroe. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Orfordville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.04
Pembroke. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 18.20
Portsmouth. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 101.82
Salem. Mrs. G. D. Kelley 1.00
Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
West Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.30
West Lebanon. Children’s Miss’y Soc., by Mrs.
T. C. Pease, _for Indian M._ 7.00
Winchester. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 17.66

VERMONT, $317.82.

Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Chelsea. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.55
Clarendon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ad’l 7.22
Corinth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.00
East Berkshire. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Dorset. Women’s Home M. Soc. _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 11.00
Georgia. Cong. Ch. 7.15
Ludlow. The late Mrs. B. P. Spaulding, by Dr.
J. N. Moore 25.00
Montpelier. Bethany Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.85
Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.00
Pittsford. Mrs. S. A. Denison 5.00
Randolph. Mrs. M. K. Nichols 2.50
Saint Albans. A. O. Brainerd, 20; H. M.
Stevens, 10, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 30.00
Pittsford. “D.” 1.00
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$244.27

LEGACIES.

Brattleborough. Estate of Mrs. H. M. Linsley,
by C. F. Thompson 30.00
New Haven. Estate of H. P. Bingham, by
Jeremiah Powers 43.55
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$317.82

MASSACHUSETTS, $3,354.37.

Amherst. Officers and Students of Amherst
College 83.07
Amherst. Miss Lizzie Stebbing’s S. S. Class,
_for the poor, Atlanta, Ga._ 10.00
Andover. Free Ch. and Soc., 224.67; Francis H.
Johnson, $100; Chapel Ch. and Soc., 92 416.67
Andover. G. W. W. Dove, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 27.15
Ballardvale. Mrs. L. J. T. Burnap 5.00
Boston. Shawmut Ch. Sab. Sch., 75; Park St.
Sab. Sch., 50; Coll. at Prayer Meetings—Mt.
Vernon Ch., 13; Phillips Ch., 12; Park St.
Ch., 7; E St. Ch., 6;—Missionary Concert,
Highland Ch., 11.10; Dea. Silas Potter, 25;
Miss Kirk, 10; Miss Minnie Woods, 10; Mrs.
Tead, 5; Mrs. Tyler, 5; “A Friend,” 2; Mr.
Gates, 1, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 232.10
Boston. Mrs. Henry H. Hyde, 10; Mrs. Emily P.
Eayrs, 5 15.00
Boston. Unitarian Sab. Sch. Pub. Soc., Pkg.
Books and Papers, _for Macon, Ga._
Byfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.50
Cambridge. “A Friend”, _for Indian M._ 5.00
Canton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Chester. Second Cong. Ch. 5.66
Chelsea. Central Cong. Church and Soc. 24.46
Charlestown. “A Friend” 10.00
Clinton. Mrs. Abbie R. Winter 2.00
Curtisville. Rev. A. G. Beebee 5.00
Dedham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 168.00
Dorchester. Village Ch. and Soc. 10.00
East Bridgewater. Union Ch. and Soc. 29.96
Fitchburg. Rev. and Mrs. J. M. R. Eaton, 10;
“Mrs. C. W. H.,” 10 20.00
Framingham. Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch., 13.12; “Q.
N.,” 10 23.12
Franklin. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., Estate of
Susan Stewart 95.12
Granby. Miss A. Bliss, _for New Orleans, La._ 5.00
Great Barrington. “A Member of Cong. Ch.” 1.00
Groton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 59.30
Holbrook. Winthrop Ch. and Soc. 44.00
Holden. Miss N. Perry 2.50
Holliston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 94.20
Lakeville. C. L. Ward 10.00
Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch. 75.00
Lee. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._
Lowell. High St. Ch. and Soc. 82.75
Maynard. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. REV.
EDWIN SMITH, EZRA S. TARBELL and J. W.
FLOOD, L. Ms. 90.00
Maynard. Young Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._, and to const.
FRANK H. HARRIMAN, L. M. 50.00
Medford. “A Friend.” 0.50
Newton. “A Friend.” 40.00
New Bedford. First Ch. Acushnet 53.66
Newburyport. Belleville Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
54.82; North Cong. Ch. and Soc., 22.94. 77.76
Newburyport. “Miss T.,” 2; “Mrs. W.,” 1, _for
Washington, D.C._ 3.00
Newton Center. First Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Lady
Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn._ 53.68
North Abington. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Northbridge. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 2.21
Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. 25.00
Peabody. Prof. J. K. Cole, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 2.00
Rockport. “Pastor’s Class,” _for Indian M._ 6.59
Roxbury. Eliot Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 25.00
Sandwich. Mrs. Robert Tobey, _for Indian
Student Aid, Hampton N. & A. Inst._ 5.00
Springfield. Olivet Ch., 23.78; I. Merrill, 5 28.78
Springfield. Cong. Ch., Box and 2 Bbls. of C.;
First Bapt. Ch. (Col.) Box and Bbl. of C.,
_for Washington, D.C._
South Egremont. Cong. Ch. 10.00
South Framingham. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 148.69
South Framingham. Ladies’ Assn. of Cong. Ch. 2
Bbls. of Bedding, etc., _for Atlanta U._
South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Southampton. “L.” 10.00
Stockbridge. Miss Alice Byington 10.00
Upton. Freight 3.00
Ware. First Cong. Ch. and Sch. 34.20
Wellesley. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Washington,
D.C._ 2.25
Westborough. Ladies Soc. Of Cong. Ch. Bbl. of
C., 1 _for Freight_ 1.00
West Medway. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 7.89;
Ladies’ Soc. of Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. and
Box of C. 7.89
Westminster. “Friends” _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 60.66
West Roxbury. South Evan. Ch. and Soc. 66.40
West Springfield. First Cong. Ch., 20; Second
Cong. Ch., 14.90 34.90
Weymouth and Braintree. Union Cong. Ch. 28.49
Wilmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.05
Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., Box of Bedding, _for
Atlanta U._
Worcester. Salem St. Ch., 64; Union Ch. and
Soc., 30; C. K. W., 50c. 94.50
Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 38.10
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$2,654.87

LEGACIES.

Fitchburg. Estate of Aaron Eaton, by Daniel
Messenger and Ezra B. Rockwood, Exrs. 200.00
Uxbridge. Estate of Willard Judson by Jacob
Taft, Ex. 500.00
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$3,354.87

CONNECTICUT, $2,630.38.

Birmingham. J. Tomlinson 10.00
Bridgewater. Cong. Ch., to const. REV. EUGENE
F. ATWOOD L. M. 34.37
Bristol. Chas. Lane, _for Student Aid, Atlanta
U._ 5.00
Columbia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.26
Cornwall. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 16.40
Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 76.57
Fair Haven. Second Cong. Ch., to const. DEA.
HENRY W. LOOMIS L. M. 30.00
Gilead. Josiah C. Gilbert 10.00
Guilford. “A Friend in Third Ch.,” _for
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 2.00
Hartford. “L. C. D.” 100.00
Hebron. First Cong. Ch. 6.51
Higganum. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Mansfield Center. First Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 10.00
New Britain. Mrs. Norman Hart 10.00
New Haven. College St. Cong. Ch., 100; North
Ch., 94.55; Church of the Redeemer, 80; Hon.
S. Wells Williams, 20; “A Friend,” 1 295.55
New Milford. “Friends,” _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 2.50
New Preston. Cong. Ch. (10 of which _for Work
for Women, Savannah, Ga._) 50.00
Plainville. Cong. Ch. 55.87
Plantsville. Mrs. Mary Hotchkiss, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 5.00
Poquonock. Cong. Ch. 15.75
Reading. Cong. Ch. 27.00
Simsbury. Cong. Ch. 45.09
Somerville. Cong. Ch. 15.10
Sound Beach. Cong. Ch. 12.80
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 76.78
Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. 427.69
Windsor Locks. Cong Ch. 84.56
——. “A Friend of Missions” 571.58
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$2,030.38

LEGACIES.

Norwich. Estate of Mrs. F. B. Kellogg, by John
C. Kellogg, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 100.00
Southport. Estate of Frederick Marquand 500.00
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$2,630.38

NEW YORK, $1,081.84.

Albany. “M.” 50.00
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch., 552.74; Julius
Davenport, 100 652.74
Brooklyn. Freedmen’s Helpers, _for Macon, Ga._ 15.00
Brooklyn. Bbl. of C., _for Washington, D.C._
Cazenovia. Mrs. H. L. Ward 0.50
Cortland. Mrs. E. B. Dean 5.00
Coventry. “Friends,” _for Tillotson C. & N.
Inst._ 0.30
East Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 24.00
Goshen. Miss Fannie E. Crane 2.00
Ithaca. First Cong. Ch. 65.00
Mount Vernon. J. Van Santvoord 10.00
New York. Seeley Bros. (Paint), _for Lewis
Pub. Library, Macon, Ga._ 10.50
North Evans. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. of First
Cong. Ch. 4.80
Northville. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 20.00
Pekin. Miss Oliva Root, 4; Louisa Coleman, 1 5.00
Phelps. Ladies’ Soc., by Mrs. J. R. Snow, _for
Student Aid, Emerson Inst._ 10.00
West Hebron. “A Friend,” 5; P. B. Larkin, 2 7.00
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$881.84

LEGACY.

Mount Morris. Estate of Mary F. Albright 200.00
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$1,081.84

NEW JERSEY, $137.25.

Bergen Point. Reformed Ch. 75.00
Newark. First Cong., 32.25; “A Friend,” 30 to
const. FLORA E. SMALLEY L. M. 62.25

PENNSYLVANIA, $30.50.

Philadelphia. T. D. Quincy 20.00
Philadelphia. Chas. W. Alexander, 10, _for
housekeeping cottage, Atlanta U._; Rachel
Grellet, 13 vols. _for Library, Atlanta U._ 10.00
Prentissvale. L. S. Allen, 50c.; Sab. Sch.,
Box of Papers 0.50

OHIO, $6,039.95.

Akron. Cong. Ch. 174.62
Andover. Cong. Ch. 0.52
Chardon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 15.00
Claridon. Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.57
Elyria. First Cong. Ch. 110.33
Granville. G. P. Bancroft 2.00
Guildford. Trustees of First Cong. Ch. 271.00
Hudson. S. Straight, _for Boy’s Hall, Straight
U._ 5,000.00
Huntsburg. Mrs. M. E. Millard, _for Macon, Ga._ 1.75
Kent. Cong. Ch. 5.49
Kingsville. Myron Whiting 50.00
Mansfield. Ladies Beneficent Soc. of First
Cong. Ch., 90, to const. MRS. DR. A. E.
KEYES, MRS. G. W. DE CAMP, and MRS. M. B.
BUSHNELL L. Ms.; Young People’s Mission
Circle of First Cong. Church, 90, to const.
MISS ANNA ADAMS, MISS LULU CARTER and WILL
H. BLYMER, L. Ms. 180.00
Marietta. First Cong. Ch. 63.52
North Kingsville. Rev. E. J. Comings, 10; B.
S. Noyes, 5 15.00
North Monroeville. Freight 1.75
Norwalk. First Cong. Ch., to const. DEA.
CHARLES W. MANAHAN L. M. 30.00
Oberlin. “Friends,” _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 3.00
Richwood. E. D. Jones 5.00
Suffield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Sullivan. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Wakeman. Mrs. Wm. Terry, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 45.00
Warrensville. Mrs. Mary Walkden, _for Chinese
M._ 10.00
Wauseon. Joel Bingham, 1; Others, 40c., _for
McIntosh, Ga._ 1.40
West Andover. Cong. Ch. 13.00
Wellington. Rev. James A. Daly 5.00

INDIANA, $7.00.

Michigan City. “Golden Links,” _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 5.50
Sparta. John Hawkswell 1.50

ILLINOIS, $3,058.06.

Bondville. “A Friend” 5.00
Chicago. South Cong Ch., 51.42; N. E. Cong.
Ch., 48.44 99.86
Chicago. John Fairbanks, _for Student Aid,
Straight U._ 50.00
Chicago. Ladies Soc. of N. E. Cong. Ch., 27;
Ladies Miss’y Soc. of Lincoln Park Ch., 25,
_for Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 52.00
Dundee. Cong. Ch. 18.21
Earlville. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. S. C.
DUPES L. M. 31.00
Elmwood. Mrs. L. R. Royce, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 5.00
Galena. “A Friend” 2.00
Galesburg. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. of Brick Cong.
Ch. 10.00
Geneseo. First Cong. Ch. 50.00
Glencoe. Cong. Ch. 40.00
Granville. Merry Workers, Box of Bedding, _for
Stone Hall, S. U._
Hillsdale. Cong Ch., to const. MRS. L. P.
HASKELL L. M. 50.00
Lake Forest. Mrs. W. H. Ferry, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Lawn Ridge. A Crawford, _for Mendi M._ 20.00
Lewistown. Mrs. Myron Phelps 50.00
Lombard. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., 2.56; Box of C.
and 1.50 _for Freight, for Lady Missionary,
Mobile, Ala._ 4.06
Morrison. Cong. Ch., to const. WM. WALLACE and
HARMON E. BURR 60.00
Normal. Cong. Ch. 5.36
Payson. Cong. Ch. 30.00
Port Byron. “Mission Circle” 6.00
Princeton. “H.” 5.00
Princeville. Wm. C. Stevens 5.00
Quincy. “A Friend,” to const. ALVIN R. BROWN
L. M. 30.00
Rockford. Second Cong. Ch. 265.60
Rose Grove. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 13.00
Sheffield. Cong. Sab. Sch. 3.58
Thawville. Cong Ch. 13.42
Tonica. F. A. Wood 10.00
Tonica. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 26.58
Udina. Cong. Ch. 2.89
Wilmette. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 1.50
Wilmette. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 12.50
Winnebago. Gertrude F. Milton 5.00
Winnetka. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., 8.50; Bbl.
of C. and 2, _for Freight, for Little Rock,
Ark._ 10.50
Winnetka. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00
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$1,058.06

LEGACY.

Chicago. Estate of Mrs. Lucy Warner, by Heman
Baldwin and D. G. Hamilton, Exrs. 2,000.00
--------
$3058.06

MICHIGAN. $451.70.

Adrian. “Friends,” _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 1.20
Benzonia. Rev. Joseph S. Fisher, to const.
GEORGE L. FISHER L. M. 30.00
Calumet. Robert Dobbie 40.00
Clinton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid.
Fisk U._ 10.00
Greenville. Mrs. A. J. Ecker, _for McIntosh,
Ga._ 2.00
Lamont. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Lansing. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 40.00
Utica. First Cong. Ch. 13.00
Webster. First Cong. Ch. 10.50
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$151.70

LEGACY.

Kalamazoo. Estate of Sarah D. White ($30 of
which to const HELEN J. WHITE L. M.), by D.
T. Allen, Ex. 300.00
--------
$451.70

IOWA, $265.87.

Belle Plaine. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 6.50
Chester Center. Cong. Ch. 28.00
Corning. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 6.00
Council Bluffs. “Friends,” _for Williamsburg,
Ky._ 1.00
Cresco. Cong. Ch. 7.90
Decorah. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 25.00
Dunlap. Mrs. P. K. Smith, deceased, by Mrs. W.
T. Preston 10.00
Eldon. R. R. Cong. Ch. 2.50
Elkader. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 1.50
Garwin. Talmon Dewey 2.00
Iowa City. Two Bales of C., Miss Hattie O.
Calkins, 1, _for New Orleans, La._ 1.00
Lyons. Ladies, _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans, La._ 10.00
Maquoketa. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.82
McGregor. Women’s Miss’y Soc., Bbl. of C. Val.
36, _for New Orleans, La._
Miles. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 10.00
Monona. Ladies, _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans, La._ 4.00
Muscatine. Ladies, _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans, La._ 10.00
Muscatine. Cong. Ch. 56.25
Osage. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 10.00
Oskaloosa. Sab. Sch., _for Lady Missionary,
New Orleans, La._ 13.00
Oskaloosa. S. R. Pettit 2.00
Ottumwa. First Cong. Ch. 23.40

WISCONSIN, $1,626.41.

Appleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Montgomery, Ala._ 10.00
Arena. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Montgomery, Ala._ 4.00
Janesville. Cong. Ch., 14.75; C. Bassett, 10 24.75
Janesville. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Montgomery, Ala._ 7.25
Jefferson. Mission Band, _for Student Aid, T.
C. & N. Inst._ 1.50
Menomonee. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 12.50
Salem. “Friends,” _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 21.00
Sheboygan. James H. Mead, _for Lewis Pub.
Library, Macon, Ga._ 5.00
Sheboygan. Dea. D. Brown’s S. S. Class, _for
Macon, Ga._ 1.00
Sparta. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Montgomery, Ala._ 6.00
Trempeleau. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Montgomery, Ala._ 5.70
Watertown. Cong. Ch. 23.35
West Salem. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.50
West Salem. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 6.30; Mrs. F.
M. Montague, 3; _for Lady Missionary,
Montgomery, Ala._ 9.30
Whitewater. First Cong. Ch., 113.17; Geo. S.
Marsh, 10 123.17
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$266.02

LEGACIES.

Madison. Estate of Amanda Nesmith, by Chas. E.
Shepard 960.39
Walworth. Estate of Mrs. L. R. S. Colton, by
F. W. Maxen, Ex. 400.00
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$1,626.41

MINNESOTA, $111.52.

Faribault. “Helping Hands,” _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 19.00
Glyndon. “The Church at Glyndon.” 12.27
Plainview. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Mazeppa. Cong. Ch. 7.50
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 59.22
Worthington. Union Cong. Ch. 8.53

MISSOURI, $32.50.

Saint Louis. Fifth Cong. Ch. 32.50

KANSAS, $29.50.

Alma. Cong. Ch. 2.08
Burlington. John Morris 5.00
Fort Scott. First Cong. Ch. 3.30
Manhattan. “Father and Daughter,” by Rev. R.
M. Tunnell 10.00
Olathe. First Cong. Ch., 6; and Sab. Sch, 3.12. 9.12

NEBRASKA, $70.00.

Genoa. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Irvington. Cong. Ch. 5.00
McCook. Rev. Geo. Dungan 10.00
——. “An old friend in Nebraska,” _for John
Brown Steamer_ 50.00

COLORADO, $15.25.

West Denver. Cong. Ch. 12.04; and Sab. Sch., 3.21 15.25

CALIFORNIA, $2,779.10.

Lugonia. Lugonia Sab. Sch. 1.30
National City. J. E. Cushman 120.00
San Francisco. The California Chinese Mission 2,657.80

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $82.53.

Washington. First Cong. Ch., 70.53; Howard U.,
Mon. Con. Coll., 12 82.53

MARYLAND, $100.00.

Baltimore. “A Friend” 100.00

VIRGINIA, 87.00.

Herndon. Cong. Ch. 7.00

KENTUCKY, $199.75.

Ashland. Hugh Means 10.00
Lexington. Normal Sch. Tuition 48.50
Louisville. Warren Memorial Presb. Ch. Sab.
Sch., _for Indian M._ 40.00
Williamsburg. Tuition 101.25

TENNESSEE, $420.95.

Knoxville. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition 202.40
Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 208.55

NORTH CAROLINA, $239.75.

Raleigh. Miss E. P. Hayes, 15; “Friends,”
10.15., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.15
Wilmington. Tuition, 209.60; Cong. Ch., 5 214.60

SOUTH CAROLINA, $357.80.

Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition, 347.80;
Plymouth Ch., 10 357.80

GEORGIA, $954.35.

Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, 226,25; Rent,
3; “Visitors,” 100; First Cong. Ch., 30;
PROF. ALBERT SALISBURY, 30, to const.
himself L. M. 389.25
Atlanta. Hon. W. A. Huff, 10; Gen. John R.
Lewis, 10, _for Lewis Public Library, Macon,
Ga._ 20.00
Macon. Citizens of Macon, 178.50; Subscribers,
14, _for Lewis Public Library_ 192.50
Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition, 148.50; Cong.
Ch., 16.50 165.00
McIntosh. Dorchester Academy, Tuition 0.65
Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, 119.85; Rent,
10; Cong. Ch., 57.10 186.95

ALABAMA, $532.41.

Marion. Tuition, 12; Cong. Ch., 6.50 18.50
Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition 184.25
Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Selma. First Cong. Ch. 29.00
Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition, 280.66;
Cong. Ch., 10 290.66

MISSISSIPPI, $1,164.75.

Tougaloo. State Appropriation, 1,000; Tougaloo
U., Tuition, 111.85; Tent, 52.90 1,164.75

LOUISIANA, $156.00.

New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 156.00

TEXAS, $330.75.

Austin. Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Tuition 325.75
Austin. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, T. C. &
N. Inst._ 5.00

INCOMES, $416.75.

Theological Fund, _for Howard U._ 141.00
Graves Scholarship Fund, _for Talladega C._ 125.00
Stone Scholarship Fund, _for Talladega C._ 0.75
Le Moyne Fund, _for Memphis, Tenn._ 100.00
Haley Scholarship Fund, _for Fisk U._ 50.00
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Total for May $27,487.70
Total from Oct. 1 to May 31 $178,884.61
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* * * * *

FOR ENDOWMENT FUND.

Jefferson, Ohio. Mrs. Nancy M. Stone and Miss
Abbie Stone $500 each, _for Scholarship
Fund, Talladega C._ 1,000.00
Stone Professorship, _for Howard U._ 500.00

* * * * *

FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

Subscriptions 43.84
Previously acknowledged 591.55
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Total $635.39
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* * * * *

RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, E.
Palache, Treasurer, from Jan. 24, to May 24,
1883.
FROM CHURCHES: Murphy’s, Cong Ch., Rev. A.
Ostrom, 2.—Oakland, First Cong Ch.,
12.95.—San Francisco, First Cong. Ch., Two
Annual Members, 4; Bethany Ch. Monthly
Offerings, 101.25.—Sonoma, Cong. Ch., Rev.
and Mrs. H. H. Wickoff, 4.90 125.10
FROM AUXILIARY MISSIONS: Marysville, Chinese
Monthly Offering, 29.50; Annual Member, 2;
“Three Friends,” 3.—Oroville, Chinese
Monthly Offerings, 14.65; Annual Member
(Chinese), 2.—Petaluma, Chinese Monthly
Offerings, 18.60.—Sacramento, Chinese
Monthly Offerings, 30.—Santa Barbara,
Chinese Monthly Offerings, 24.—Santa Cruz,
Chinese Monthly Offerings, 12.50; Collection
at Anniversary, 14.45; Annual Members,
8.—Stockton, Chinese Monthly Offerings, 12 170.70
FROM INDIVIDUALS: Oakland, Mrs. Nathaniel
Gray, 5.—San Francisco, Balfour, Guthrie &
Co., 1,000; J.J. Felt, 100; Mrs. Samuel
Perkins, 25, to const. SAMUEL PERKINS,
L.M.—Liverpool, Eng., Hon. Stephen
Williamson, M.P., 500; Alexander Balfour
Esq. 500 2,130.00
FROM EASTERN FRIENDS: Bangor, Me., Central
Cong. Ch., 100; E. R. Burpee, 100.—Norwich,
Conn., Mrs. S. A. Huntington, 25, to const.
MOSES PIERCE, L. M.—Iowa, Grinnell, Alonzo
Steele, 5; Miss Mary E. Brewer’s, S. S.
Class, 2 232.00
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Total $2,657.80
=========

H. W. HUBBARD, Treas.
56 Reade St., New York.

STATISTICS FOR 1882.

CHURCHES: _In the South_—In District of Columbia, 1; Virginia, 1; North Carolina, 9; South Carolina, 2; Georgia, 14; Kentucky, 7; Tennessee, 4; Alabama, 14; Kansas, 2; Arkansas, 1; Louisiana, 17; Mississippi, 5; Texas, 6. _Africa_, 3. _Among the Indians_, 2. Total, 88.

WANTS.

1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the growing work. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and _larger_ contributions from the churches, the feeble as well as the strong.

2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to accommodate the increasing number of students; MEETING HOUSES for the new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and pious, for these churches.

3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.

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